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Study: Optical sorter market to grow 9% CAGR from 2018-2024

The rising focus on automation to increase the productivity will provide an impetus to the optical sorter market.
October 10, 2018
The optical sorter market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $1.5 billion to over $3 billion by 2024, according to a report by Global Market Insights, Inc., Ocean View, Del.
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Land O'Lakes International Development receives funds for new capacity building, food safety projects

The five new programs focus on agricultural capacity building, food safety and cooperative development.
October 9, 2018
Land O'Lakes International Development, Washington, D.C., received funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington, D.C., and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support new agricultural capacity building and food safety programs in Georgia, Egypt, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Rwanda and Malawi.
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New Water invests in frozen food R&D innovator

The Perfect Bite develops a number of frozen snacks and appetizers for grocery and club stores nationwide.
October 9, 2018
New Water Capital L.P., a Boca Raton, Fla.-based private equity firm, made a growth capital investment in The Perfect Bite Co., Glendale, Calif.
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Smithfield Foods unveils new JROTC facility

The campus addition provides JROTC participants and instructors with needed classroom space and equipment storage for drill and competition practice.
October 4, 2018
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., and Isle of Wight County Schools, also based in Smithfield, Va., unveiled a new Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) fieldhouse for Smithfield High School’s JROTC program.
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Klement’s Sausage expands flagship facility

The $7.5 project is slated to add 5,000 square feet, reconstruct 50,000 square feet and upgrade manufacturing equipment.
October 4, 2018
Klement’s Sausage Co., Milwaukee, Wis., broke ground on an expansion of its flagship facility in Milwaukee.
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Food scientists study how virtual reality can alter consumers’ tastebuds

Panelists rated the pungency of the blue cheese significantly higher in the cow barn setting than in the sensory booth or the virtual park bench.
October 4, 2018
Food scientists from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., used virtual reality (VR) to show how people’s perception of real food can be altered by their surroundings, according to “Dynamic Context Sensory Testing–A Proof of Concept Study Bringing Virtual Reality to the Sensory Booth.”
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Organic Valley to become 100% renewably powered by 2019

In October 2017, Organic Valley committed to achieve 100% renewable power at its corporate facilities.
October 4, 2018
Organic Valley, La Farge, Wis., announced plans to become what is said to be the largest food company in the world to be 100% renewably powered.
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